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Zonaria pyrum Pear Cowry

Zonaria pyrum is commonly referred to as Pear Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Zonaria pyrum,Pear Cowry 2016


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lexID:
17692 
AphiaID:
139502 
Scientific:
Zonaria pyrum 
German:
Birnenkauri 
English:
Pear Cowry 
Category:
Lumache 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Zonaria (Genus) > pyrum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Algeria, Angola, Egypt, European Coasts, Gabon, Greece, Italy, Lybia, Malta, North Atlantic Ocean, Senegal, Sicilian Sea (Mediterranean), Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
15 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
1.18" - 1.97" (3,2cm - 5,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Coral polyps = corallivorous, omnivore, Predatory, Sponges 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-01 20:12:40 

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Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

Zonaria pyrum, common name the pear cowry, is a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Synonymised names
Cypraea bifasciata Monterosato, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea guttata Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea pirum [sic] · unaccepted
Cypraea pirum var. physoides Coen, 1933 · unaccepted
Cypraea pyrum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea pyrum var. aurantia (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea pyrum var. compressa (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea pyrum var. cruenta (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted
Cypraea pyrum var. elongata (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted
Cypraea pyrum var. grandis Monterosato, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea pyrum var. minor Monterosato, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea pyrum var. nivosa (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea pyrum var. normalis Monterosato, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea pyrum var. pallida Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea pyrum var. typica Monterosato, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zonaria pyrum var. aurantia Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. compressa Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. confusa Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. cruenta Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. elongata Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. hepatica Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. minima Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. nivosa Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Zonaria pyrum var. piperitoides Coen, 1949 · unaccepted

Direct children (16)
Subspecies Zonaria pyrum insularum F. A. Schilder, 1928
Subspecies Zonaria pyrum pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Zonaria pyrum angelicae (Clover, 1974) accepted as Zonaria angelicae (Clover, 1974)
Subspecies Zonaria pyrum angolensis (Odhner, 1923) accepted as Zonaria angolensis (Odhner, 1923)
Subspecies Zonaria pyrum nigromarginata Deprez & Govaert, 2009 accepted as Zonaria pyrum insularum F. A. Schilder, 1928
Subspecies Zonaria pyrum petitiana (Crosse, 1872) accepted as Zonaria petitiana (Crosse, 1872)
Subspecies Zonaria pyrum senegalensis Schilder, 1928 accepted as Zonaria pyrum insularum F. A. Schilder, 1928
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. aurantia Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. compressa Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. confusa Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. cruenta Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. elongata Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. hepatica Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. minima Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. nivosa Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Zonaria pyrum var. piperitoides Coen, 1949 accepted as Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

External links

  1. El Litoral De Granada (es). Abgerufen am 01.09.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 01.09.2025.

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